Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1887-06-15

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Union 70 preserve the blessings OF liberty for
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strength and power OF thu Republic. The Re-
publican party 10 tho representative Of this
thAOrY. II marsha1lod the Union forces for tho
proser 2ntion 0f the Union, and against seces-
zion. II preserved the Union. But for it the
American Republic would have been a thing Of
tered the executive branch OF the government
on those ideas, It was this that enabled the
RepI blican party to confer upon tho United
states lie inc stimable benefits of a national
currency, the homestead pol cy, the protection
End diversity Of our industries. the vast extern
SIGN 81 cur railroads and Internal Improve
ments. 1t IL this marked difference between
the two parties that lies at the foundat.o ! Of all
questions OF public policy.
Ihe future opens before us an infinite va
Of National authority. Tho revenues must be
reduced.
THIS TUE KEPUBLIcAN PARTY DID
many times since the way, and carefully Sc
fccted for repeal or reduction taxes on home
production and duties on articles that did
~ n,s ,S con ,l pete win home home ind, industry, We W. "d aa,S
more than one-third In value Of all the mr.
ticles Of merchandise imported from foreign
countries. including all Articles I'm common
uso among our people which could not be
Produced here, including tea and coffee. We
levied aduty on the remaining two.thirds sufi-
exclusively on articles that competed with homo
products. In this way we so protected our in
du,try that nearly every article of common uso
on the farm, In tho workshop, or the household
is made in this country. Nearly oil tho art Giles,
exc, ut sugar. from which this large revenue -
derived, arc art cies OF luxury, mainly con-
suincd by the rich. A protective duty has been
placed on sugar for tire benefit OF the sugar
planters Of Louisiana, but we now propose, rs
one means OF reducing the surplus revenue, TO
largely reduce this tas. and as q protection to
sugar growers some propose to nay out OF the
duties on sugar a bounty for tho home produc.
tion of all kinds Of sugar from cane. or beets,
or sorghum. This lolicv Of protection has
been extended to the products Of the farm, the
| yt0ld Of the mines, as well as the fabrics Of the
mechanic and the manufactures. In this way
the lowing OF tayes Ia made the M ans Of ma
tion.l growth and development, nearly treblin1
lat twenty years our domestic manufactures
and at the same timo by competition reducing
But by the Confederate construction Of the
Constitution all this Ia unconstitutional ~
not confer benefits.
And now, fellow citizens, the immediate re-
suit OF Democratic or Confederate ascendency
ia to be q struggle to break down our industrial
system. They now propose
TO REDUCE THE DUTIES
on articles that We can and do now produce,
and thus bring our skilled artisans into conn g.
tition with foreign labor that will inevitably
reduce the price OF domestic labor. Tho farmer
with wool duty free must either kill bis sheep
or Foducc the price of his wool, and SO with
every article of domestic production. But even
on this policy they cannon agree. With exclu-
sive power over revenue bills thev can agree
upon no proposition for the reduction of taxes,
while surplus rovenuo drawn from tho life
blood OF the people accumulates in the
Treasury. But in tho end the Confederate idea
Will. as usual, prevail in that party.
iud so with the education OF the masses OF
tLe people. Wherever the Republicans are in
power free schools, as a matter of course, are
/ oman 4 ~ II liz 800 90 --.A .-l A. .-,,,
opportunities for education are open to the
children of tho poor and rich Allie, without
m mcy and without price. When the start
ling evidences OF ~illiteracy in the South were
disclosed by the census Of lSsc. a meas
tre was twice introduced and passed.
by a Republican Senate to appropriate large
sums OF money from the National Treasury to
be distributed according to the number Of Hit
crate persons IN the several States. When
these measures were sent to a polEo,ratc
House they were promptly sinotherod. Accord
ing to the Confederate idea they were nnconsti-
tutional. They found no power in the Constitu-
ton Tor the education Of children. Perhaps G
gleam Ct Intelligence informed them that
Democracy and ignoran o so hand in hal,d
together, an this was a conspiracy against the
Democratic party of tho future. At AL events,
these bills sleep the sleep that knows no waking
in q Democratic committee.
So also with internal improvements. Our
country ia bounded by great oceans open to all
the world, but with imperfect harpor3. and ia
cut by vast rivers. the highway for
| THE CHEAPEST POSSIBLE TRANSPORTATION,
| ~ URN dilu IulIS, anu Sn6BS tnny prGVcnt6u
or iinpedel their use. 1t has been the policy
OF the Republican party, during every Congress
when II had tho power, to appropriate money
from the National Treasury to remove these
obstacles to commerce, and to open those high
ways to the free and untaxed use of the Ieo-
pie. The Democratic party has also been
but great works were in progress, ana
by the common consent Of botn parties,
Congress- at it's last session passed a bill in tho
usual form to provide for the most important
works. 1t was sent in ample time to the Presi-
dent for bis approval. but he had been SO busy
in reading and Setoing pension bills TO Union
and harbor bill. So this great mensure If in
ternal Improvement was defeated. and number
less unfinished works are delayed aud Tiers
DESTROYED by the pocket veto of a Democratic
President. l tel you a common saying that
the President would have found time 10 sign
Il put there was a small appropriation in the
bill for the Hennepin Canal.
And so with the great public policy Of
strengthening our commercial relations with
the American Republics and the Dominion Of
Canada. A growing feeling exists In the Re-
publican party that liberal measures sh uld he
adopted to increase our trade, to establish lines
of steamships, to improve postal facilities, to
make commercial treaties, and to invite q
friendly conference with these countries. But
this has met with no favor with the Democratic
party.
Only one affirmative measure was proposed
by 1t. and that was to reduce the surplus in the
Treasury. Il was said that the Republican
party WIS boarding vast sums Of idle money to
ION INV 0Au VIM kAOy NOulu HGutkcI i .
among the people.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY
has adopted the policy Of receiving gold and
silver coin into the Treasury. and for tho con-
venience Of the people to issuo certificates for
it which. circulated as money. 1t had also
adopted the policy Of maintaining in the Treas
Try from 800. OcO. zoo to AliO,000, 900 Of coin to Sc
curc prompt redemption Of United States notes.
All other money received in the Treasury was,
msnt Of F tbs 1nSI9c G DALEY 1 applied ne1;c to the the p nny
sued with such success that the bonded debt
was reduced from -, 756. i3l ,571.43 to q. 375. 49,
s slsiy 900 s1S s To s a7.es o'soo. OF Our ane ,i as1s rsa%
friends, in the canvass OF 1884, promised to
pay out all this idle money. They said it was
among the people. Whet was ID, RESULT a
Democratic Secretary kept piling up more idle
money TO give him IN excuse for doing so he
changed the form Of the debt statement. He
excluded tho whole mass Of fractional silver
coin from the count. He increased the balance
on hand S'0,0oO,000 more than the Republican
Housa, with fifty majority, with sole power on
the subject. has boon trying to find q way to
reduce the surplus. but utterly failed to agree.
And now o new Democratic House, it Is said, is
to be called upon in extra session to solve the
riddle. The business community is beginning
to feel the sense Of danger. and the cry is COM
ing Good Lord, deliver us"
The President has received great credit in
certain quarters for the support he has given
to the cfvil-service law. This law only applies
to clerical services in the great Offices and de-
partments OF the Government. Now this is q
Republican measure, for which I voted with the
great body Of the Republican member Of the
Senate and House, and l will join heartily in
approval OF its
JUST AND FIRM ENFORCEMENT,
but now an Ingenious wav has boon found sub
stantially to get rid Of the law by requiring
old and experienced employees, who have be-
como by long training invaluable to the
public service. to pass a school examine
tion to SOC whether they ought to be retained or
not. am afraid such a test would clean out
even so excellent q body rs the Illinois Legts-
lature. know It would seriously affect many
heads Of departments. And now it Is claimed
that under the demands Of our Demos ratio
friends, hungry and thirsty after q long fast.
more than four.ffths of Republican officers not
embraced In the .civil-service law have been
changed by the President. When tire senate
politely asked for the cause Of removal, hs said,
rs Jack Falstaff did, He would not tot! upon
compulsion.-
And so, fellow-citlzens you may run the
gamut Of all the political questions, great and
small, that divide the two parties, and you will
find tho line OF demarkation 10 Union and Con-
federate Republican and Democratic. am
not opposed TO Confederate soldier but 10 Con-